Hiding My Heart

I think this song is about someone struggling with serious trust issues. She stays away from relationships because she doesn't want to get hurt. Then, she meets someone so special that she can't help but fall in love. However, she still can't get over her fear of abandonment and constantly thinks the person will leave her no matter what. She knows she shouldn't keep hiding her heart from people, but she can't help it because she doesn't want to face possible rejection. It's really sad, but I love this song. Brandi's voice is enchanting!

I think it's the end of "the story", as in the title track. She says in the beginning "this is how the story went"...so I think it's maybe how the end of that love story went. Sad but immensely beautiful.

I only just finally downloaded this cd. It's been on my radar for such a long time, as has Brandi, but I sometimes think the moment just has to be "right". Well last night it was TOTALLY right. I've listened through a few times. When I have time I'd like to listen to the entire album. I wonder if it comes through as an entire narrative. Those are usually, in my mind, the best albums!

I think the meaning is pretty straightforward - she fell in love, deeply, and then the relationship ended and with it so did her ability to open her heart again (at least up to that point). Poignant. Although I do wonder if the lines "Although I wish that you were here, That same old road that brought me here Is calling me home, It's calling me home" is a turning point. If she's back at a point where someone is catching her by surprise and opening her heart again.

I have to add, I completely resonate with the opening lines. The deepest I've ever fallen is always a moment by "accident", someone I never would have anticipated, at all. And I'm blown away. It has completely tarnished my ability to settle for adequate, but I think that's a good thing. Not that being blown away means perfection - it's just an insight into the depth and beauty that a relationship can be.

The lyrics are wrong...

This is how the story went I met someone by accident That blew me away That blew me away

It was in the darkest of my days When you took my sorrow and you took my pain And buried them away, you buried them away

I wish I could lay down beside you When the day is done And wake up to your face against the morning sun But like everything I've ever known You'll disappear one day So I spend my whole life hiding my heart away

You dropped me off at the train station Put a kiss on top of my head Watched me wave You watched me wave Then you went on home to your skyscrapers Neon lights and waiting papers That you call home You call it home

I wish I could lay down beside you When the day is done And wake up to your face against the morning sun But like everything I've ever known You'll disappear one day So I spend my whole life hiding my heart away (away)

I woke up feeling heavy hearted I'm going back to where I started The morning rain The morning rain And although I wish that you were near That same old road that brought me here Is calling me home It's calling me home

I wish I could lay down beside you When the day is done And wake up to your face against the morning sun But like everything I've ever known You'll disappear one day So I spend my whole life hiding my heart away And I can't spend my whole life hiding my heart away

A beautiful hidden track. Just perfectly written and sung.

this song is amazing. its just so pure and soft and i love it. <3

i completely agree with Lenescho ! it's about someone who can't seem to get over the hurt she felt in a previous relationship. They think that if they hide their heart from the other person, than they won't get hurt as much. this song is so heartbreaking, but true because we all do it sometimes.